my baby is "9" today......

he awoke to a birthday muffin and celebrated the morning with champ {who obviously really wanted that muffin}. austen was surprised to see the candle in the muffin....
next stop was the barber shop where we had promised him he could have a mohawk {modified} for the summer. he wanted spikes in his hair so the hairdresser gave him some...he loves it...
austen then got to pick where we went for dinner and he chose red robin. he wanted nick to come along so we obliged. he and nick had pizza and shakes, and because it was his birthday, the red robin crew came and sang happy birthday to him. we even got our waitress to take a picture of us.
our last stops were the new barnes and noble bookstore and then to ziggy's, our favorite local ice cream stand. nick has a napkin on his head because while austen was trying to buckle his seatbelt and accidently stuck his ice cream cone into nick's head. we got a good laugh out of that one. we are going to celebrate his birthday tomorrow with a few of his friends and he will get his presents then. i can't believe he's nine.... already....so fast....blink....